STRICTLY COME DANCING trooper Laura Whitmore has admitted that she found it “upsetting” to watch Anastacia practice her jive on tonight’s It Takes Two.

The Irish beauty appeared on the BBC Two sister show to give her first interview since being forced to temporarily pull out of the BBC ballroom after hurting her ankle.

Laura was due to perform the excitable routine during Saturday night’s instalment of the reality series, but as footage of the US singer rehearsing the same dance played out in the background, the presenter admitted she found the clip hard to watch.

“Even watching Anastacia talking about the jive is upsetting because it was the one we were really looking forward to doing,” she explained.

The 31-year-old revealed that she was gearing up to dance right until the last minute, adding: “We didn’t know up to the day.